Soul Circle Radio

Soul Circle Radio Mix Series Vol.21 Orion (London, UK) For the 21st installment we got laced with a nice one here from UK beat-smith, Orion Anakaris (Hardjazz7). We discovered Orion back in 2015 via our good friend, Kazumi Kaneda (Japan) with their colabo project "Alpha Thought" and then with their recent banger "Phantom Record" Be on the lookout from this rising sensation! Orion is a London, UK based beatsmith and founder of the HardJazz7 Music Netlabel. Born (Ope Alayande) in March 1990, he was raised on a wide variety of music including jazz, hip hop, disco, funk and soul. His parents got him into Gospel artists like Kirk Franklin, while Fela Kuti was his earliest introduction to Jazz leaning afrobeat music. In his early teens he’d found himself listening to alot of UK Garage and House music through pirate radio sets. Mini Discs, CD’s and Tapes were his initial formats of choice when listening to music. Some of which would prove useful when he started messing around with production on Ejay and an